Ovulation And Birth Control Posted: 08-22-05 08:59am
I have a question regarding ovulation and
stopping birth control. I have read
that it takes a woman 4-6 weeks to ovulate
after coming off birth control pills.
I'm sure there is some variance. Is
this true?
I ask this because my fiance and I are
concerned about pregnancy. My fiance
was on birth control for quite a while,
taking 1 pill a day. She said it was a
high dosage pill because the lower dosage
ones caused her to spot. For insurance
reasons, she ended one pack of pills and
had her period. However, she couldn't
get new pills because of insurance and for
a week after her period she wasn't on any
pills. When she did get her new pills
(1 week after the last day of her period)
she began the new pack - so there was a 1
week window where she had finished her
period and was not able to start her new
pack. We had unprotected sex the day
after she began the new pack, during which
I did pull out. She said she was
confident that since she had already began
her new pack and it wasn't her first month
on the pill, the protection was in place
but I was unsure. Could anyone clear
this up for me?
We are going to get a pregnancy test if
she misses her period (which should begin
on the 30th) but I was just wondering if
anyone had any experiences like this or
any information they could share?
